Frequency synthesizing device and method for dual frequency hopping with fast lock time

• US 6,621,853 B1
• Filed: 08/30/1999
• Issued: 09/16/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Ku, Do-Il
• Primary Examiner(s): Vo, Don N.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Dung X
• Application Number:
  US09/385,708
• Time in Patent Office: 1,478 Days
• Field of Search: 375/132, 375/219, 375/133, 375/134, 455/76, 455/86
• US Class Current: 375/132
• CPC Class Codes: H03J 1/0041 for frequency synthesis with counters or frequency dividers
• CPC Class Codes: H03L 7/23 with pulse counters or frequency dividers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/405 with multiple discrete channels

Abstract

A dual-frequency hopping device and method for a frequency synthesizer. An intermediate local oscillating frequency is decreased in the unit of a first frequency by a prescribed number of times as a channel is sequentially increased, to output an intermediate local oscillating frequency signal. A radio local oscillating frequency is increased by one level in the unit of a second frequency when the intermediate local oscillating frequency is decreased by the prescribed number of times, to output a radio local oscillating frequency signal.

Claims

1. A dual-frequency hopping method for a frequency synthesizer having a dual phase locked loop, comprising the steps of:

decreasing an intermediate local oscillating frequency an amount defined by a first frequency for a prescribed number of iterations, where each iteration corresponds to sequentially increasing a channel designation to output an intermediate local oscillating frequency signal at each iteration;

maintaining a radio local oscillating frequency for each iteration of said prescribed number of iterations except a last iteration to output a radio local oscillating frequency signal at each iteration; and

increasing the radio local oscillating frequency by an amount defined by a second frequency at said last iteration to output a radio local oscillating frequency signal.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first frequency is 50 KHz.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the prescribed number is 5.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second frequency is 25 KHz.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the prescribed number is two.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second frequency is 50 KHz.

7. A dual-frequency hopping device for a frequency synthesizer having a baseband processor and a reference frequency generator for generating a reference frequency signal by the control of the baseband processor said reference frequency generator, comprising:

an intermediate frequency local oscillator for demultiplying the reference frequency signal and decreasing an intermediate local oscillating frequency for a prescribed number of iterations by an amount defined by a first frequency as a channel designation is sequentially increased; and

a radio frequency local oscillator for demultiplying the reference frequency and increasing a radio local oscillating frequency by an amount defined by a second frequency subsequent to said intermediate local oscillating frequency being decreased for the prescribed number of iterations.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first frequency is 50 KHz.

9. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the prescribed number of iterations is 5.

10. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the second frequency is 25 Khz.

11. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the prescribed number of iterations is two.

12. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the second frequency is 50 KHz.

13. The device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the intermediate frequency local oscillator comprises:

a first demultiplier for demultiplying the reference frequency signal;

an intermediate frequency voltage controlled oscillator for receiving a prescribed signal and oscillating at an intermediate frequency signal in response to said prescribed signal;

a first programmable counter for demultiplying the oscillating frequency signal under control of the baseband processor;

an intermediate frequency loop filter for lowpass filtering an input signal to determine one of a synchronization characteristic and a response characteristic; and

a first phase detector for comparing the phase of the signal output from the first demultiplier with the phase of the signal output from the first programmable counter and supplying an intermediate local oscillating frequency signal to the intermediate frequency voltage controlled oscillator via the intermediate frequency loop filter when the phases are determined to be equal.

14. The device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the radio frequency local oscillator comprises:

a second demultiplier for demultiplying the reference frequency signal;

a radio frequency voltage controlled oscillator for receiving a prescribed signal and oscillating at a radio frequency signal in response to said prescribed signal;

a second programmable counter for demultiplying the oscillating frequency signal by the control of the baseband processor;

a radio frequency loop filter for lowpass filtering an input signal to determine one of a synchronization characteristic and a response characteristic; and

a second phase detector for comparing the phase of the signal output from the second demultiplier with the phase of the signal output from the second programmable counter and supplying a radio local oscillating frequency signal to the radio frequency voltage controlled oscillator via the radio frequency loop filter when the phases are determined to be equal.

15. A frequency generating method for a frequency synthesizer in a global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) system, comprising the steps of:

transmitting and receiving radio local oscillating frequencies within a first predefined frequency band;

transmitting and receiving intermediate local oscillating frequencies within a second predefined frequency band;

demultiplying a reference frequency signal and decreasing the intermediate local oscillating frequency for a prescribed number of iterations by an amount defined by a first frequency as a channel designation is sequentially increased;

demultiplying the transmitted intermediate local oscillating frequencies by ½

; and

demultiplying the received intermediate local oscillating frequencies by ¼

.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the first predefined frequency band is 22509.05-2289 MHz.

17. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the second predefined frequency band is 2320.05-2350 MHZ.

18. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the transmitting and receiving intermediate local oscillating frequencies are 548.05 MHZ and 548.1 MHZ, respectively, for odd channels, and 548 MHZ for even channels.